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Actually, the first amendment does protect freedom from religion, in the sense that the government can't force you to adopt any religion. What it doesn't protect is freedom from exposure to religion, meaning that if your fellow citizens want to flaunt their religion in your presence there's not a damn thing you can do about it - pretty much the same as you can't do a damn thing about people doing all sorts of other things in your presence. Those are often protected by the other clauses of the first amendment (speech, press and assembly).
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